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by bitroughj 98 days ago
Yes, the ambassador to Israel is very philosemitic. Shocking? I suppose if you don’t know what an ambassador is. Ambassadors do not determine policy, they maintain friendly relationships.

Who is more powerful, Ted Cruz (another “powerful” “Christian” Zionist) or Donald Trump? Or Larry Ellison vs Pastor Hagee?

It’s great that people can learn stuff. It’s worth learning, for example, who got us into the Iraq war. Hint: it wasn’t “Christian” Zionists. There are very few Christian Zionists, and almost none in positions of power compared to (non-Christian) religious or ethno-nationalist Zionists.

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> Ambassadors do not determine policy, they maintain friendly relationships.

Yes, they however do spout the policy of the government they represent. And they are supposed to be diplomats (good diplomats do not say anything to jeopardise their country's relationships with other countries whom they call "allies" too).

You’ve persuaded me, Mike Huckabee is not a good ambassador if your goal is not to escalate anti-American sentiment in the Middle East, especially amongst our non-Israeli allies.